All Posts Tagged With: "BAR"
BAR’s & Honda’s Livery Development: 1999 – 2008
Before Honda owned the team they just about still do, the squad were owned by BAT and were called BAR. The cigarette company purchased the team from Ken Tyrrell, who himself had been a constructor in Formula One from 1970, famously winning the driver’s title with Jackie Stewart on two occasions and the constructors once. [...]
Does Takuma Sato Deserve Another Drive In Formula One?
Following the withdrawal of Super Aguri from the Formula One championship, two drivers are now faced with unemployment; Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson. The British half of the folded team has been a long-time tester for Honda and his reward for his efforts were a full-time drive for Aguri in 2006 and 2007. Takuma Sato [...]
BMW & Honda: Opposing Parallels?
BMW are making for interesting viewing at the moment, the former Sauber team looking to be on the verge of their maiden win and thinking slightly longer-term, on the verge of their maiden constructor’s title. But this evening, while sitting in The Blogger’s Dog, it struck me that the team have very similar experience to [...]
Team History: Honda
Like fellow competitors Renault, Honda are a Formula One manufacturer team that have had a stop/start relationship with the pinnacle series in international motor sport. The squad had competed for supremacy in the early sixties, the team being one of only three true constructors of the time, insisting on building their own chassis and engine. [...]
Why Is The Grass Always Greener?
This post was inspired by Quofda, a new site set up by the 9rules crew where they ask a question each day and bloggers answer on their own sites. I had considered answering today’s question on my personal site but quickly realised just how relevant it is to Formula One, and reminded me of one [...]
